Washington panchang, 2 January 2025
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 09:44 Pausha month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:28 to 16:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:50 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta 10:37 – 11:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:03
- 12:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:38 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:56 to 07:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:17 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:38
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 02:07 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:38, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:17 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:27 – 05:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:37 – 11:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:03
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:55 – 13:10 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:31 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:56 – 19:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:40 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:39 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:50 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Char | 11:01 – 12:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:12 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:34 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:45 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:45 – 20:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:34 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:12 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:01 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:28 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:14 Scorpio
- 06:14 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 09:48 Capricorn
- 09:48 – 11:04 Aquarius
- 11:04 – 12:16 Pisces
- 12:16 – 13:41 Aries
- 13:41 – 15:30 Taurus
- 15:30 – 17:48 Gemini
- 17:48 – 20:18 Cancer
- 20:18 – 22:47 Leo
- 22:47 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 03:46 next day Libra
- 03:46 – 06:10 next day Scorpio
- 06:10 – 07:28 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EST (UTC-5) · Method